Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Let On be the semigroup of all order-preserving (full) transformations on the finite chain Xn = {1,…,n} under its natural order. For a singular idempotent ξ, it is shown that On(ξ)={α∈On:αm=ξfor somem∈N} is a maximal nilpotent subsemigroup of On with zero ξ. Moreover, for a nonempty subset Y of Xn, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the set On(Y) to be a subsemigroup. Then we find a unique minimal generating set, and so rank, of On(Y) whenever it is a subsemigroup of On. Every subset Y of Xn such that On(Y) is (completely) isolated was characterized.